Radio licence at work - do I need one?

dantheman2010

Good morning all

The small business I work in is moving premises soon and we will be looking at playing the radio, it will only be a radio in my actual office or off the iplayer on my laptop and will only be played to me, and occassionally a colleague who works part time in the office next to mine. The other 3 staff members have offices out in the warehouse so wouldnt be able to hear what I am playing.

Therefore do I need a licence and if so which one and where from?

We dont have customers visiting the office and as I say it will only be for me to listen to.

Thanks

HappyMJ

Google PRS. http://www.prsformusic.com/users/businessesandliveevents/musicforbusinesses/officesandfactories/Pages/officesfactories.aspx It'll cost £44 per year to be able to play copyrighted music in an office.

dantheman2010

Thank you for that.

NeverAgain_2

I have a radio in a one-man office occasionally playing to one man - me.

The PRS site suggests I should have a licence, but I won't be getting one.

I always choose to comply with the law, and generally choose to comply with regulations, but there are limits.

vax2002

They are now multiple people/organisations claiming you need licences from them , so you had better up your budget a bit.

Ps it is not the law, it's a civil matter

lfc321

vax2002 wrote: »

Ps it is not the law, it's a civil matter

civil law is still law. Or at least it was when i was in law school.

MX5huggy

In my office all 7 of us listen to the same radio station at the same time. But we all use headphones, in the same way that some people have a TV to watch DVDs only.

DCFC79

Where i last worked i bought my own radio to play at work, never occured to me i would need 1. I thought it was ok since it was just us in the workshop who could hear it.

JC_Derby

isnt it covered under the licence for a computer ie the tv licence at a property?

lfc321

DCFC79 wrote: »

Where i last worked i bought my own radio to play at work, should i have had a licence for that(never occured to me i would need 1)

Yes you should - but maybe your employer had a licence which covered you?

DCFC79

lfc321 wrote: »

Yes you should - but maybe your employer had a licence which covered you?

no idea, no 1 said anything either. Someone else had they're own radio and used that, 2 people used spotify(1 played bbc radio 1 over the internet) and someone else played kerrang radio so maybe yes there was a licence already in place(be amazed if they had 1 though).